Lowell N. Lewis

Lowell N. Lewis
Born July 9, 1931
Kingston, Pennsylvania
Education
B.S Pennsylvania State University (1953)
Awards Guggenheim Fellowship for Molecular & Cellular Biology (1967)[2]

Lowell N. Lewis (born July 9, 1931) was an American plant physiology professor. He began teaching plant physiology at University of California, Riverside in 1960.[1] In 1963 he and graduate student Rashad Khalifah discovered a new kind of auxin present in citrus plants.[3][4] He was promoted to associate professor of horticultural science in 1965.[5] In 1971 he was appointed associate dean of the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences by the dean, W. Mack Dugger.[6] He left teaching in 1981 when he was appointed vice president of the Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources.[1] Lewis mentions in a self-published book that he was named coordinator of relations between the University of California and Catalonia by a 1995 bilateral academic agreement.[7]

Selected published works

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Reuther, Walter, ed. (1989). The Citrus Industry 5. UCANR Publications. pp. 346–347. ISBN 9780931876875.
  2. "Lowell N. Lewis". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
  3. "New Plant Hormone". University Bulletin 12 (12): 76. October 21, 1963.
  4. "Telltale Curve". Corona Daily Independent. October 7, 1963. p. 5 via Newspaperarchive.com.
  5. "Academic Promotions, 1965-66". University Bulletin (University of California) 13 (38): 246. June 1, 1965.
  6. Sherman, Irwin; Heath, Robert L.; Lovatt, Carol; Ting, Irwin P. "In Memoriam: W. M. "Mack" Dugger, Jr.". University of California. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
  7. Lewis, Lowell (2013). Catalonia and California: Sister States. AuthorHouse. pp. 109–110. ISBN 9781481770330.

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